Toilet partition



c. A. BETZ.

TOILET PARTITION.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.6. I918- 1,3 04,0 1 3. Patented May 20, 1919.

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TOILET PARTITION.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-6. 191s.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

, CHARLES A. BE'IZ, or ew YORK, N. Y.

TOILET PARTITION.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. Bn'rz, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Toilet Partitions, of which the following is a specification.

The invention is a novel sheet metal construction for toilet partitions or compartments. The object is to provide a partition of sanitary and durable character, and of good appearance, which can be produced at comparatively low cost and which can be.

easily erected and readily adapted to inequalities in wall or floor. The invention requires few and simple elements, and makes use largely of common commercial metal forms. 7

In the accompanying drawings illustrating the preferred embodiment:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a portion of a row of the compartments;

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, showing the end compart ment; r

Fig. 3 is a small perspective view ofthe installation Fig. 4: is an enlargeddisassembled view showing a post with its footin and cap and partof the head rail, most oi the intermediate portion of-the T-iron body of the post being broken away for economy of space;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged horizontal section through one of the partitions and adjacent portions of two doors, the intermediate part of the partition sheet being broken away;

Fig. 6 is a vertical section through the partition with its metal part broken away;;

Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail of one corner of a door prior to welding; and

Fig. 8 is a section on the line 88 of Fig. 7.

A row of front posts or supports 1 rises from the floor 2 and is surmounted by a connecting head rail 3, the ends of which are secured by anchorages 4: to one or more of the walls. Sheet doors 5 are hung between the front posts, and sheet partitions 6 are united thereto and extend to the back wall 7, where they are anchored. The preferred construction of these parts will now be described.

The bodies of the posts 1 are economically and advantageously formed of T-irons, of which the head flanges extend laterally to Serial No. 248,583.

cooperate with the doors, while the web flange projects rearwardly. Hinges 8 are attached to one-half of the'lateral flanges and suitable stops (not shown) may be provided in conjunction with the others.

At the upper and lower ends of the posts are caps 9 and footings 10. The latter consist each of a base 11 and a plug 12, While the formercomprise a junction member 13 and a plug 14;. I

The base 11,'as illustrated, consists of a low casting expanded at the bottom and having a vertical socket 15, through the bottom of which is a hole 16 for a suitable anchoring fastening, which is not seen in the drawing. The plug 12 is a substantially cylindrical solid casting, which is received in the socket of the'base and which is vertically slotted in conformity with the shape of the T-bar, the lower end of which is held in the plug, preferably by welding.

The junction member 13 has horizontal sockets 17 for the reception of the head rail, and a vertical socket 18 for the reception of the plug 14, which is similar to the plug 12. Set screws 19, or other means, serve to secure one orboth of the plug ends of each post in the vertical sockets, While allowing for vertical adjustment, so that the structure can be leveled irrespective of inequalities in the floor or inexactness in the parts.

-Each of the doors consists simply of 'a sheet of metal, the edges ofwhich are embraced by folded sheet metal stiles 20 and rails 21. These members are mitered at the corners 22 and united by acetylene or electricwelding, which also unites them to the sheet, as indicated schema-tically at 23. A door constructed in this manner is exceptionally simple and favorable for manufacture, and well suited for its purpose.

The partitions 6, also, each comprise a sheet 24: which is engaged at the top and bottom by folded rails 25. The sheet lies in the plane of the rear flange 26 of the corresponding front post support, and a similar, forwardly projecting flange 27 of a T- form back support 28, which is secured to the wall 7 by suitable fastenings 30 passed through its lateral flanges. The vertical edges of the sheet do not, however, meet the flanges 26 and 27, and they are united therewith by stiles 31, which permit the distances between the opposed edges to be varied to allow for irregularities in the wall or in the cutting of the sheet. To this end each of Patented May 20, 1919.

the said stiles is preferably composed of a pair of separate strips, the forward and rearward portions of which are offset from each other by the shoulders 32, so that, in effect, differential channels are formed for the reception of the flange and sheet respectively. The strips overlap and embrace the flange and sheet, and are preferably united to them by welding, indicated at 33 What I claim as new is:

1; In a toilet partition construction, the combination of a front support, comprising a post rising from the floor, a back support secured against the wall, said supports having flanges projecting toward each other, a sheet constituting a partition, and stiles each comprising side portions embracing a Vertical edge of the sheet and the flange of the adjacent support.

2. In a toilet partition construction, the combination of a front support, comprising a post rising from the floor, a back support secured against the wall, a sheet constituting a partition, and a stile uniting said sheet with one of said supports, which support has a vertical flange projecting toward the adjacent edge of the sheet, and the stile comprising separate side members overlapping and embracing the flange and sheet and permitting the distance between them to be varied.

3. In a toilet partition construction, the combination of a front support, comprising a post rising from the floor, a back support secured against the wall, a sheet constituting a partition, and a stile uniting said sheet with one of said supports, which support has a vertical flange projecting toward the adjacent edge of the sheet, and the stile comprising a pair of separate strips having their front and rear portions offset with respect to each other so as to form differential channels to receive the sheet and flange respectively and to permit the distance between them to be varied.

4. In a toilet partition construction, the combination of T-form front posts having their flanges directed laterally and rearwardly, means for hanging doors upon part of the laterally directed flanges to cooperate at their free ends with the other laterally directed flanges, and partitions secured to the rearwardly projecting flanges.

5. In a toilet partition construction, the combination of T-form front posts having their flanges directed laterally and rearwardly, means for hanging doors upon part of the laterally directed flanges to cooperate at their free ends with the other laterally directed flanges, partition sheets, and stiles embracing and secured to the rearward projecting flanges and the adjacent portions of the sheets.

6. A toilet partition construction comprising a row of front posts, doors hung between the posts, and partitions extending rearward therefrom, characterized by the posts being formed of flanged irons, and by the provision of bases with vertical sockets, and plugs inserted in said sockets and slotted in conformity with the flanged irons, the lower ends of which they hold.

7. A toilet partition construction comprism a row of front osts doors hun between the posts, partitions extending rearward therefrom, and a head rail connecting the posts, characterized by the posts being formed of flanged irons, and by the provision of junction members horizontally and vertically socketed receiving the head rail in their horizontal sockets, and plugs inserted in the vertical sockets of said members and slotted in conformity with the flanged irons, the upper ends of which they hold.

8. A toilet partition construction comprising a row of front posts, doors hung between the posts, partitions extending rearward therefrom, and a head rail connecting the posts, characterized by the posts being formed of flanged irons with plugs on their ends, and by the provision of vertically socketed bases and top junction members receiving said plugs.

Dated, New York city, county of New York, State of New York, this 2nd day of August, 1918.

CHARLES A. BETZ. 'lVitnesses G. HnNnssY, F. V. SHEEHAN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

